Tang Yi and his father walked around the yard, the courtyard of the three entrances was quite neat, there was a gatehouse in front, a study room in the east, a kitchen in the west, five spacious and bright main rooms, and walked to the backyard, it was an abandoned warehouse, which the original owner used to load goods, which could be used as a horse shed. The Zhu brothers had already brought the cattle in, and somewhere they found a wooden basin to feed the horses.

For the peasant children, horses and cattle are like family, and they would rather let themselves be hungry than let the horses be hungry, not to mention that the Zhu brothers have long eaten with round stomachs, and they feel more and more sorry for the horses, and they keep adding good ingredients.

After turning around, the two returned to the main room, Tang Yi went to boil water to make tea, came back with a kettle, and found that his father was lying on the table, writing things one by one, and when he got closer, what was written was today's expenses......

"Fifteen taels of rent for half a year, eight taels of four new bedding, pots and pans, tea, rice, oil and salt, five taels and three cents, tables, chairs and benches are three taels ......"

At the end of the writing, Tang Xiucai simply hugged his head and sighed: "I understand what it means to spend money like running water, more than 30 taels a day, I really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, I thought how long could 400 taels of silver last!" ”

Tang Yi knew it in his heart, and poured a cup of tea for his father with a smile.

"Actually, you don't have to spend so much, for example, you can buy a little bit of bedding, and if you don't make clothes for the Zhu brothers, we almost eat and drink......"

Without waiting for Tang Yi to finish speaking, Dad shook his head and said, "Then what's the matter, Brother Zhu entrusts his son to us, so you can't treat others badly, and besides, Dad can't let you be wronged." You can't save the money you should spend, and you need to earn more money! Tang Xiucai said with high morale: "Yi'er, do you know why Daddy only rents a house and doesn't buy it?" ”

Tang Yi blinked and said with a smile: "You want to buy the old mansion back, right?" ”

"Well, how to sell it in your father's hands, how to get it back!" Tang Xiucai said confidently: "Tomorrow I will go out to find things to do and make more money." ”

Dad is full of energy, which is worthy of praise, but Tang Yi really doesn't have much hope for his ability, and suggested: "Dad, we still have more than three hundred taels of silver in our hands, so it's better to use it as capital and do some business." ”

"Do you know how to do business?"

"It shouldn't be hard to learn!" Tang Yi scratched his head and said.

"Is it difficult, you are not allowed to study, you are honest to study at home, and leave the rest to your father!" Tang Xiucai patted his son on the shoulder and sighed: "Yi'er, as the son of the Tang family, the mission of the two ancestors and ancestors, one of them shines on the lintel, and the other is scattered, if you can't do the former, you can just do the latter!" ”

Looking at his father's forty-five degrees looking at the sky, Tang Yi suddenly felt that life was dark, how old I am! If you don't feel sorry for your son, you should always feel sorry for other people's little Lori!

Just when Tang Yi was depressed, Wu Tiancheng ran over with a smile. He also rented a house, two or three hundred steps away from Tang Yi's residence, but he rented a large courtyard, a total of five families lived, and he rented three east wing rooms, and the monthly rent was only three hundred coppers.

In fact, Tang Yi wanted to invite Wu Tiancheng to live with them, but Wu Tiancheng resolutely objected. He is an adult in his thirties, how can he rely on others to live. Apprentice Tang Yi wants to learn skills, if he really attaches himself to the Tang family, what will he become!

Wu Tiancheng died of his wife three years ago, and he was still thinking about making some money to continue the strings, if he was regarded as a family worker, who would marry a girl from a good family, we are ambitious people.

Of course, it is inconvenient for him to be alone, he still has to come to Tang's house for dinner, and the monthly food expenses are indispensable, Wu Tiancheng calculates every account clearly.

"Master, there are many businesses in Taicang Prefecture, and there are many places to use Mr. Bookkeeper, so I'm going to go out tomorrow to try my luck, and I can't sit back and eat."

Tang Xiucai nodded thoughtfully: "That's right, I'll go with Tiancheng tomorrow." ”

Tang Yi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Dad, do you think this is not possible, a good private school is not something that can be entered casually, it is better to let the children go out and run, and see if you find a job first, or I find a business first!" ”

Tang Xiucai was a little hesitant, pointing to his son to make money always made him look bad. But Wu Tiancheng was overjoyed and asked in surprise: "Master, you have become the boss, and the disciple will work for you!" Without waiting for Tang Yi to agree, his face fell again, "Master is so good at arithmetic, you are in business, and the disciple is only afraid to be a young man!" ”

"Hahaha." Tang Yi couldn't help but smile and said: "Tiancheng, I don't want to put all my mental head on business, at most it's just a beginning, in the future, you will not only be a bookkeeper, but also a shopkeeper." ”

"Really? Thank you, Master! ”

Tang Xiucai snorted, "Okay, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, what if Xie is early?" ”

"I have faith in Master!" Wu Tiancheng smiled......

The next day, the three of them acted separately.

Tang Yi conducted a market investigation alone and gradually found many problems.

Everything is easier said than done. Just like those who go through the predecessors, casually engage in some small inventions and small creations, sell all over the world, and immediately make money every day, that is definitely a dream, not to mention the issue of patent rights, just the soap that is running around the world is enough for you to drink a pot.

Although these people are classified as lowly, they are actually not "cheap" at all, on the contrary, they extort money, eat and take cards, and are proficient in everything. If you don't pay it, you will casually say that you are in arrears of taxes, beaten up with a board, and stuffed into prison, and there is no place to reason.

It's like the guy at the gate of the city, who said that if he didn't let you enter the city, he wouldn't be able to get in, and there was no discussion at all. Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat dried shrimp, dried shrimp gnaw mud, undisguised law of the jungle. In the past, when I looked at the history of the Ming Dynasty, the absolute commercial tax was so low, and the merchants should have lived very well, but in fact, they were all taken away by the following officials.

Tang Yi knows a truth very well, individuals can't compete with society, they can only learn to integrate into it......

After thinking about it, Tang Yi invited Lao Hongtou, who rented his house, to the restaurant and ordered eight dishes and a pot of good wine. Tang Yi had mixed with officialdom in his previous life, and it became instinct to see people talking about people and talking nonsense, and a meal of wine and sweet words made Lao Hongtou happy, patting him on the shoulder and calling him nephew.

"Uncle can see that you are a smart child, and it will not be difficult for you to do business. Our Dongcheng filial piety, Changrong, Fushun several square business are under the control of He Capture quickly, as long as you have a good relationship with him, the silver earned every month will be distributed to him 30%, and you will be safe. ”

Tang Yi smiled and filled a glass of wine to Lao Hongtou, and asked: "Uncle Hong, there are governors in Taicang Prefecture, Tongzhi, judges, and officials, all of which are high-quality, why do you want to find a little catcher!" ”

"Hahaha, young people are still inexperienced, those officials with good character and rank, who can take care of us! As the so-called current official is not as good as the current management, this He Zhukuai is not an ordinary person, his brother-in-law is Lord Zhou, otherwise he would not be able to eat so openly. ”

"I see." Tang Yi smiled, poured a few glasses of wine into the old man, and when he left, Lao Hongtou didn't say yes, as long as Tang Yi found a business, he would help contact He Zhukuai.

The rest is to find a project, there is not much difficulty for Tang Yi, he turned around for two days, and it happened that there was a shop selling pen, ink, paper and inkstone to sell at the crossroads, and the price was only one hundred taels.

Tang Yi secretly inquired, it turned out that the shopkeeper was not a local, and his mother was seriously ill and couldn't continue to operate, so he was in a hurry to get rid of it. Things related to literati immediately went up to the next level, and it would be a shame to let Tang Yi open an abalone.

Tang Yi decisively found the boss, and after some bargaining, eighty-five taels, he took down three doors, and there were several warehouses behind, which stored a lot of paper, pen, ink and inkstones, and the shopkeeper was in a hurry to get rid of it, and twenty-five taels of silver were packaged and sold to Tang Yi.

After getting the title deed and house deed, Tang Yi's face was full of smiles, and he hurried back home, but he was surprised to find that his father and Wu Tiancheng came back early, chatting with a smile.

"What's the matter, so happy?"

When Wu Tiancheng saw Tang Yi, he hurriedly said, "Master, the disciple has found a job in the account room. ”

"Congratulations."

"Where, it's not that the master teaches well, there are seven or eight gentlemen who applied for the job today, at first I was worried, but I used the speed algorithm taught by the master, I don't need to calculate, I am stunned to be faster than everyone else, the owner is happy, and gave five taels of silver for a month, and it can rise in the future." Wu Tiancheng's face turned red, and there was only endless admiration for the teacher in his heart.